Radical 29 or radical again (又部) meaning "and", "again" or "right hand" is one of the 23 Kangxi radicals (214 radicals total) composed of two strokes.
| 又 | ||
|---|---|---|
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| 又 (U+53C8) "right hand" | ||
| Pronunciations | ||
| Pinyin: | yòu | |
| Bopomofo: | ㄧㄡˋ | |
| Gwoyeu Romatzyh: | yow | |
| Wade–Giles: | yu4 | |
| Cantonese Yale: | yauh | |
| Jyutping: | jau6 | |
| Pe̍h-ōe-jī: | iū | |
| Japanese Kana: | ユウ yū (on'yomi) また mata (kun'yomi) | |
| Sino-Korean: | 우 u | |
| Names | ||
| Chinese name(s): | 又字旁 yòuzìpáng | |
| Japanese name(s): | 又/また mata | |
| Hangul: | 또 tto | |
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In the Kangxi Dictionary, there are 91 characters (out of 49,030) to be found under this radical.
又 is also the 24th indexing component in the Table of Indexing Chinese Character Components predominantly adopted by Simplified Chinese dictionaries published in mainland China.
Evolution
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Oracle bone script character -
Bronze script character -
Large seal script character -
Small seal script character
The radical character 又's ancient form is a pictogram of a right hand from which the modern Chinese character 右 (right) was derived. Though 又 (again) as a modern Chinese character no longer represents the meaning of "right", the implication of "hand" is preserved in some Chinese characters fall under radical 29.
Derived characters
edit| Strokes | Characters |
|---|---|
| +0 | 又 |
| +1 | 叉 |
| +2 | 及 友 双SC/JP (=雙 -> 隹) 反 収JP (=收 -> 攴) |
| +3 | 叏 叐 |
| +4 | 发SC (=發 -> 癶 / 髮 -> 髟) 叒 |
| +5 | 叓 |
| +6 | 叔 叕 取 受 变SC (=變 -> 言) |
| +7 | 叙SC/JP/variant (=敘/敍 -> 攴) 叚 叛 叜 叝 |
| +8 | 叞 叟 |
| +11 | 叠SC (=疊 -> 田) |
| +14 | 叡 |
| +16 | 叢 |
Sinogram
editAs an independent sinogram it is a Jōyō kanji, or a kanji used in writing the Japanese language.[1] It is a secondary school kanji.[2]
See also
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edit- ^ "Jōyō Kanji Hyō" 常用漢字表 [List of Joyo Kanji] (PDF) (in Japanese). Agency of Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
- ^ "KANJI-Link". www.kanji-link.com. Retrieved 2023-06-02.
Literature
edit- Fazzioli, Edoardo (1987). Chinese calligraphy : from pictograph to ideogram : the history of 214 essential Chinese/Japanese characters. calligraphy by Rebecca Hon Ko. New York: Abbeville Press. ISBN 0-89659-774-1.
- Lunde, Ken (Jan 5, 2009). "Appendix J: Japanese Character Sets" (PDF). CJKV Information Processing: Chinese, Japanese, Korean & Vietnamese Computing (Second ed.). Sebastopol, Calif.: O'Reilly Media. ISBN 978-0-596-51447-1.
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